FAFSA showing parent info as 'not submitted' - will this delay my son's financial aid?

same thing happened with my daughters application!! the parent part said 'pending' for like 10 days even tho we submitted everything. her SAI score finally showed up eventually without us doing anything

The parent contribution information is necessary for the SAI calculation regardless of whether you're taking Parent PLUS loans. Without the parent section being fully processed, your son's FAFSA isn't complete, and schools won't be able to determine his aid eligibility. The system has been experiencing delays this cycle due to the FAFSA Simplification Act changes. A few things to check: 1. Did you and your spouse (if applicable) both create FSA IDs? 2. Did you e-sign the parent portion with your FSA ID? 3. Have you checked if there are any items in the 'Action Required' section? If everything looks correct on your end, it's likely just processing delays in the system.

This sounds like the same glitch my nephew had last month. The parent section said "not processed" for TWO WEEKS even though we filled everything out correctly. Total nightmare. The whole FAFSA system is broken this year with all these "simplification" changes that just made everything MORE COMPLICATED. Did you try calling the Federal Student Aid hotline? Good luck getting through - we tried for DAYS.

Have you tried using the Claimyr service to get through to FAFSA? It saved me so much time when I had a similar issue last week. They basically hold your place in line and call you when an agent is available so you don't have to stay on hold forever. I watched their demo at https://youtu.be/TbC8dZQWYNQ and decided to try it since I was at my wit's end. Agent confirmed it was just a system delay on their end and nothing wrong with our application.

I work at a college financial aid office, and I can tell you this is incredibly common right now. The "not submitted" parent section status is often just a display issue in the portal, not an actual problem with your application. From what we're seeing, most of these applications ARE actually processing correctly in the backend system even when the portal shows that status. My advice: 1. Take a screenshot of your confirmation page showing you completed the application 2. If you received a confirmation email, save that 3. Check if an SAI (Student Aid Index) number appears anywhere in your son's account - if it does, the application IS processing despite the status message 4. Contact your son's college financial aid office directly, as they can often see if the FAFSA data is coming through on their end even if the studentaid.gov portal isn't showing correctly If you're still concerned, you can request a FAFSA correction (even if you don't change anything) which sometimes triggers the system to update the status correctly.

nyone else think its crazy how they completely redisigned the FAFSA and its STILL not working right?? my daughter and i spent 3 hrs filling everything out and the parent section was a complete disaster. kept saying my W-2 info was wrong when it WASNT. and now your saying even after submission theres these weird status problems?? no wonder kids are skipping college altogether!!!!

Just wanted to update that we had the exact same issue with our daughter's FAFSA. The parent section showed as "not submitted" for almost two weeks, but then suddenly her SAI score appeared and everything was processed correctly. We didn't have to do anything - it just fixed itself. From what the financial aid office at her school told us, the system is batch processing applications and there's a disconnect between what you see in the portal and what's actually happening behind the scenes. They assured us that as long as you received a confirmation number when you initially submitted, your application is in the system and will eventually be processed. The priority deadline at her school was February 15, and even though the FAFSA wasn't fully processed until February 20, they still considered her for all aid programs since she had submitted before the deadline (we just had to send them the submission confirmation email as proof).

Quick update based on recent Department of Education guidance: They've acknowledged the "parent information not processed" display issue and confirmed it's affecting many applicants. They stated that if you received a confirmation number and can see that confirmation in your FAFSA history, your application IS being processed correctly despite what the status shows. They're working on a fix for the display issue, but have advised schools to accept these applications as complete. As long as you have that confirmation, you should be fine for meeting priority deadlines.

I'm dealing with this exact same issue right now! My daughter's FAFSA shows the parent section as "not submitted" even though we completed everything two weeks ago. It's so stressful when you don't know if there's actually a problem or if it's just the system being glitchy. Reading through these responses is really reassuring though - it sounds like this is happening to a lot of families and most applications are actually processing correctly behind the scenes. I'm going to check for an SAI number like someone suggested and contact her school's financial aid office tomorrow. Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences!